Surprise!! I'm actually posting something! I know it's a shock, and if anyone actually reads this, I will be happy. I mean, any amount of people at all would be great. Of course, if you do visit, be sure to leave some creative feedback. Later!

I kind of wrote this as a creative exercise, since I've never written much Katara, and it came out pretty well, I think.


"Hey, Katara."

"Oh, hi, Toph. Where are the boys? Dinner's almost ready."

"They're back in the bathing chambers. Zuko and Sokka are trying to teach Aang how to shave."

"But Aang shaves his head all the time. I've seen him. I bet he knows more about it than the other two combined. Certainly more than Sokka. All he's ever grown is peach fuzz."

"What about Sparky?"

"What about him?"

"Do you think he knows how to shave?"

"He…might…you know, Toph, I never thought about it. I've never seen him shave…and he's so pasty, it's hard to imagine him with any kind of facial hair…"

"Like Haru's mustache?"

"PFFFFT!"

"What?! What did I say?"

"Oh, nothing…I just spat half this soup all over the floor. That was funny…Zuko with Haru's mustache."

"Well, I didn't realize it was so funny."

"It's not really, it's just, well…Haru's mustache is really skinny, and Zuko's face is so intense all the time, and…oh, nevermind, you'd have to see it to really get the full effect. Want some soup?"

"Sure, Sweetness, thanks."

"Toph, you shouldn't slurp your soup like that. You're going to choke."

"Didn't we already have the whole "mother" conversation? Because I seem to remember it ending with us in prison."

"…Good point. Good ahead and slurp."

"Mmmmm, this is good. What's in it?"

"Oh, just some stuff I picked from the Temple gardens. Veggies, you know."

"Yum…hey, Katara?"

"Yes, Toph?"

"How come we never do things like the guys do?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we never explore the Temple, like Haru and The Duke and Teo, and we don't have talks like Sokka and Zuko and Aang."

"They don't really have talks, Toph. Sokka and Zuko just like to show off for Aang."

"Why?"

"Because Sokka and Zuko are guys, and when you're a guy, you have to prove your guy-ness to all the other guys around you."

"I don't get it."

"Neither do I. But it's kind of like you and those Earth Rumble guys. You all had to prove which of you was the best earthbender, right?"

"Yeah…okay, now I get it. But you still didn't answer my question."

"Oh…I don't know. I'm always busy making sure dinner gets fixed and clothes get washed and Sokka doesn't kill Zuko and Teo doesn't lose the use of any more limbs, and when I'm not doing those things, I'm training Aang, or sleeping."

"Well, I have to train Twinkletoes, too, but it doesn't take that much time…maybe I could help you!"

"No offense, Toph, but have you ever done any of those things before?"

"No."

"I didn't think so."

"But I could learn. I learned how to earthbend all by myself, I should be able to learn how to wash clothes with someone's help."

"Good point, again."

"I'm full of 'em."

"Wow…what a beautiful sunset."

"Eh, I've seen better."

"Really? Because this is one…oh, haha, very funny."

"And I thought only Snoozles went for that…hey, those guys totally missed dinner. My soup's cold."

"That's okay. Sokka could eat tiger-seal blubber if he was hungry enough."

"I'm assuming that's bad?"

"Yes. Very bad."

"Hey, Katara?"

"Yes, Toph?"

"Thanks for hanging out with me."

"You're welcome."